Volume 53, Number 12, December2008

  Editorial
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Lawrence D. Devoe, M.D.
 
 
 


  Original Articles
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Reshma Parikh, M.D., Howard Horne, M.D., Steven J. Feinstein, M.D., and James N. Anasti, M.D.
Our study suggests that loop electrosurgical excision procedure does not cause significant shortening of the cervix or preterm delivery, and these patients may not require cervical length measurements.
 
 


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Michael V. Muench, M.D., Ahmet A. Baschat, M.D., Andrew M. Malinow, M.D., and Hugh E. Mighty, M.D.
Respiratory failure (mainly from infectious etiologies) has surpassed obstetric hemorrhage as the primary reason for intensive care unit admission.
 
 


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Barbara D. Reed, M.D., M.S.P.H., Hope K. Haefner, M.D., and Libby Edwards, M.D.
Physicians diagnosing and treating vulvodynia use a limited number of historical and examination diagnostic criteria and rate treatments including tricyclic antidepressants, pelvic floor physical therapy and psychological counseling as the most effective.
 
 


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Ardalan Ejaz Ahmad, M.D., Alamtaj Samsami Dehaghani, M.D., Maryam Shaker, M.D., and Mohamad Javad Fattahi, M.S.
Early diagnosis of gestational trophoblastic disease decreases the chance of malignant transformation and increases the likelihood of complete remission.
 
 


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Frank F. Tu, M.D., M.P.H., and Jennifer L. Beaumont, M.S.
Outpatient hysteroscopy was commonly performed to evaluate female abnormal uterine bleeding in the United States between 1994 and 1996 with low overall complication rates.
 
 


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Miriam M. F. Hanstede, M.D., Mark Hans Emanuel, M.D., Ph.D., and Elizabeth A. Stewart, M.D.
The volume of the surgeon does not affect the safety of abdominal myomectomy.
 
 


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Konstantin J. Dedes, M.D., Christine Beneder, M.D., Nicolas Samartzis, M.D., Michael D. Muller, M.D., Daniel Fink, M.D., and Mathias K. Fehr, M.D.
This case series describes the high recurrence rates and invasive potential of treated human immunodeficiency virus-positive women with anogenital intraepithelial neoplasia.
 
 


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Kah Leng Fong, M.R.C.O.G., Ronald W. Jones, F.R.C.S.(Ed), F.R.C.O.G., and Darion M. Rowan, F.A.C.D.
There is a high level of patient satisfaction following conservative surgery for vulvar intraepithelial neoplasia.
 
 


  Brief Communication
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William N. Spellacy, M.D.
It may now be time to review the question of weight gain in pregnancy from the new prospective of its long-term consequences for obesity in children and the potential risks for mother during the pregnancy complicated by shoulder delivery and cesarean sections.